Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, will highlight the importance of creating safe, supportive school environments at the first annual School Safety Advocacy Council’s National Conference on Bullying. He also will...

U.S. Under Secretary Martha Kanter will address the National Summit on Transformative Change in Teacher Preparation at 9:45 a.m. PST on Monday, February 14, at the National Academy of Sciences West Headquarters in Irvine, Calif. She will discuss the need for innovation and reform in teacher...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan will highlight the work Teach for America has done to narrow the achievement gap during his keynote address at the organization’s 20th Anniversary Summit on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 4:45 p.m. The event, which is expected to draw thousands of teachers, education...

Greg Darnieder, special assistant and senior advisor to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the College Access Initiative, and Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of the Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, will participate in the National Alternative Education...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced a series of "National Conversations on English Learner Education" designed to learn what's working and what needs improvement in the instruction of students with limited English skills. Senior U.S. education officials will be on hand for...

U.S. Department of Education Senior Advisor for Early Learning Jacqueline Jones will deliver remarks at the CCSSO Early Childhood Assessment Consortium Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Jones will discuss the U. S.

Jim Shelton, assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement, will visit the 61st class of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA) in Ft. Bliss, Texas on Tuesday, Feb. 8 to talk about education issues for the children of military families. The academy’s students...

Lynnae Ruttledge, commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration, will deliver the keynote address at the Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America's 2011 Annual Sagebrush National Training Conference Tuesday in Las Vegas. More than 150 Randolph-Sheppard...